Jade Warrior

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Jade Warrior
Film poster for Jade Warrior
Directed by	Antti-Jussi Annila
Produced by	Petri Jokiranta Tero Kaukomaa Jonah Greenberg
Written by	Antti-Jussi Annila Petri Jokiranta Iiro Küttner (story)
Starring	Tommi Eronen Zhang Jingchu Krista Kosonen Markku Peltola
Music by	Samuli Kosminen Kimmo Pohjonen
Editing by	Iikka Hesse
Distributed by	Blind Spot Pictures
Release date(s)	October 13, 2006 October 24, 2006
Running time	110 minutes
Language	Finnish, Mandarin
Budget	€2,7 million
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Jade Warrior (Finnish Jadesoturi, Chinese 玉武士 (Yù wǔ shì)) is a Finnish-Chinese co-production movie. It combines elements of the wuxia genre with Finnish Kalevala mythology. It was directed by Antti-Jussi Annila.

The movie opened in Finland on October 13, 2006 with 40 copies. The film debuted at #2, right after The Devil Wears Prada. It is scheduled to open in China October 24 with 150 copies in 70 cities. Jade Warrior is the first Finnish movie to be released in movie theaters in China. In addition to China, the movie's international distribution rights have been sold to more than 30 countries.^[1]

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Reviews
4 Soundtrack
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Inspired by a well-known Finnish epic called The Kalevala, the story opens with a down-on-his luck hardware merchant who gets dumped by his girlfriend. She tries to dispose of his collection of Asian artifacts at an antique dealer, but this sets off a mythical series of events that turns the merchant into a warrior prince, fated to battle a demon in icy northern Finland, responsible for enslaving all of humankind. The prince is abetted — and then ultimately betrayed — by a two-faced female warrior who has captured his heart and thus carries his greatest weakness in her hands. The battle involves enchanted boxes, spectacular swordfights, and supernatural events that come together — simultaneously — in an isolated cabin on the outskirts of Helsinki and in the rural Chinese mountains.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Cast

Tommi Eronen - Kai/Sintai
Markku Peltola - Berg
Krista Kosonen - Ronja
Zhang Jingchu - Pin Yu
Elle Kull - Weckström
Taiseng Cheng - Demoni (as Cheng Taishen)
Hao Dang - Cho

[edit] Reviews

Warning: These reviews may contain spoilers!

CineFantastico.com link (Spanish)
Cinematic Happenings Under Development link (English)
The Hollywood Reporter link (English)
Twitch Films link (English)

[edit] Soundtrack

Jade Warrior Soundtrack

According to the Finnish FreeRecordShop website, the soundtrack was released on October 11, 2006.

#	Title	Artist(s)
01.	"Fate" [movie version]	Bleak feat. Ana Johnsson &. Kimmo Pohjonen	4:22
02.	"Under the Rose"	HIM	4:49
03.	"Romeo"	Sunrise Avenue	4:03
04.	"Sorry Go 'Round"	Poets of the Fall	3:40
05.	"New Day"	Deep Insight	3:38
06.	"Scream"	Dame	3:00
07.	"Crossword"	Bleak	3:40
08.	"Days of Summer"	Ana Johnsson	3:10
09.	"Wear Out the Soles"	Brightboy	2:57
10.	"Grace"	The Crash	3:46
11.	"Savior"	Christel Sundberg	4:22
12.	"Routa"	Kimmo Pohjonen/Samuli Kosminen Kluster
13.	"Unia"	Kimmo Pohjonen/Samuli Kosminen Kluster
14.	"Kalvaja"	Kimmo Pohjonen/Samuli Kosminen Kluster
15.	"Vala"	Kimmo Pohjonen/Samuli Kosminen Kluster

Audio samples:

"Days of Summer" (Ana Johnsson) (file info) — play in browser (beta)
"Fate" (Bleak & Ana Johnsson) (file info) — play in browser (beta)
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"Fate" is the title song for Jadesoturi. The song is by the rock band Bleak, featuring Swedish singer Ana Johnsson dueting with Caleb (lead singer of Bleak) on vocals, and highly acclaimed Finnish accordionist Kimmo Pohjonen, who also composed the score for the film. "Fate" is available on the Jade Warrior soundtrack that was released on October 11th in Finland. A music video has also been shot for the song.